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January semiconductor sales reach $21.5 billion, says SIA
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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has said that worldwide
sales of semiconductors in January were $21.5 billion, just 0.03
percent higher than January 2007, and that sales would have been 8.1
percent above last year’s figure if memory devices had been excluded
from the figures.
“Virtually all product lines and all geographic markets experienced slightly lower sales in January,” said SIA President George Scalise. “Unit shipments of DRAMs and NAND flash grew modestly in January. Even with healthy demand from important end markets, however, a very competitive environment resulted in price pressures for these products which in turn led to continued erosion in average selling prices. Excluding memory products, semiconductor sales were up by 8.1 percent year-on-year.”
